The price of eggs went up. The number of...

COST OF LIVING.

July 14, 1986

MEXICO CITY — COST OF LIVING. The price of eggs went up. The number of eggs sold went down, particularly in poor neighborhoods. Arturo Lomeli, president of the private Association for Studies for the Defense of the Consumer, said this has serious health implications. Eggs are an important source of protein for an estimated 24 million poor Mexicans, he told the newspaper Uno Mas Uno. The government, saddled with payments on a $97.6 billion foreign debt and falling oil profits, has been raising the prices of some subsidized goods to save money. On June 20 it allowed the price of a kilogram of eggs, 14, to go from about 54 cents to about 73 cents. The minimum daily wage in Mexico City is about $2.93.